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Trump’s agenda at the White House this week included a desire to nationalize elections and move on from Epstein

By Ileya Robinson-Williams, CNN

Published 9:42 PM EST, Fri February 6, 2026

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Trump's agenda at the White House this week included a desire to nationalize elections and move on from Epstein

President Trump's call for US elections to be federalized fosters worry into how the White House might try to intervene in the midterm elections. A new dump of Epstein files raises more questions about what was redacted and why. The Washington Post lays off a third of its workforce. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports on the week at the White House.

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